Cabinet folding bedstead



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

D. D. SHUPE. Cabinet Folding Bedstead.

Patented March 29, I881,

N. PEIERS. 'PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D. C,

(No-Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

D. D. SHUPE. Cabinet Folding Bedstead.

No.239,563.- I Pacented March 29,1831. v

' WITNESSES: Y, r Q/NVENTOR N. PETERS, PHQTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID D. SHUPE, :OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CABINET FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,563, dated March 29, 1881,

Applicationfiled1May8,1880. (No model.)

To all whom i it may concern Be it knownthat I, DAVID D. SHUPE, a citi= zen of the U nited States, residingat'Philade'l phia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State I specification, reference beinghad tothe ac-" companyingdrawings, wherein- V Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a cabinet fold ing bedstead embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig 3 is a detail section in perspective. Fig. 4 is-a side elevation of the bed folded.

Fig. .5. is-a front elevation of the same, and

Fig; 6.is-a1detail sectionalview of a modificationof the rear bed leg connection to the bed frame;

Myinvention has relation to that classof folding beadsteads patented to meNovembe-r" 19, 1878, and has for its object to so improve the construction of the same that the bedframe when unfolded will fall nearerto the floor to form a low-down bedstead, tosupportithe weightof the samedirectly upon the endsof thelegs, and'not upon iheir'pivotalconnections* withthebed-frame, asheretofore"; to prevent undue liability of'tilting of the bed=frame when downward pressure is-- applied to th e bedstead at ornear-its-footboard, and to 'so pivot the head b'oardto'thebed-frame that when the latter is-opened said headboard will be*en= tirelyexposed to view, and not be partially hidden by the adjacent end rail of the bedframe.

My invention accordingly consists in the provision of acabinet foldingbedstead, the" bed-frame of which is composed of twohinged folding-sections; the legs for said sections being provided with extension-pieces, which are pivoted to the inner sides of the siderrails of said sections, said. leg-extensions passing through and moving inslotsformed in the bottoms of the sections adjacent to their sides and in proximity to the plvotal points of said extensions, the extension-pieces for the legs of the head-board section being straight in outline, while those of the foot-section are curved or bent, as shown in providing a headboard forrned with side brackets or wings, the latter having pivotal connections with the side'rails of the head-board bed-frame section, which extend beyond the lower edge of the head-board.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

-A represent thefolding sections of a cabinet bedstead, which, when opened, forma bedframeconsisting of the side rails, a, and end rails, or.

B audG are respectively the front and rear legs, made of wood, and provided withmetallie extension-pieces b b, respectively secured to said legs by screws, as shown at b h The extension'pieces forthe legs B are bent at an angle to the legs, as showu,and are pivotedto-the side-rails, a, at 1). Those for the legs 0 are provideda-t their upper ends with rollers 0, designed to travelin the grooves D formedin side rails, a.

E E are pitmen or rods pivoted at e to legs 6, and-at e toside rails, a, for the purpose of keepin g said legs in their proper positions as the bedstead is folded or opened.

The groovesD, and the extension-pieces secured to legs C, may be straight in outline, as shown in- Figs. 2 3, or, if desired, they may be constructed as shown in Fig. 6, the groove D being curvedand the extension-pieces bent, asshown.

c a are slots formed in the bed bottom A through which pass the said extension-pieces b [r -of th'elegsB and C, said extension-pieces moving therein' as the bedstead is opened or closed;

Tlie effect/of such construction is threefold: First, the extension-pieces attached to the legs B G allow thelatter to be made shorter than they could be if they were directly hinged to themed-bottom, as heretofore, consequently when the'bedstead" is opened its frame falls nearer 'to theground and becomes a low-down bedstead second; the legs approach nearer to theiends'of'the bedstead, rendering. it less liable-to betilted onits frontlegs when downward pressure is applied at the foot of the bed, as in the case of the occupant of the bed lying transversely across the foot of the bed; and, third, when the bedstead is unfolded its bottom abuts directly against the ends b and c of the legs 13 and G 5 hence the weight of the bedstead and the superincumbent weight placed thereon is wholly and directly supported by The pivoting of the head-board to the side rails by brackets allows the same to swing on its pivotal points only. N part of the same is lowered below said pivotal points as the bedstead is opened; consequently its entire surface is held or kept above the adjacent end rail of the bedstead, being thereby entirely exposed to view, and not partially concealed by said end rail, as it would be if it were directly hinged thereto. I

The brackets f f are shown as exterior to the side rails, a; but, if desired, they may be interior thereto and pivoted to their inner sides.

The operation of opening and folding the bedstead is effected by separating or closing the sections A A in the customary manner, during which operation they turn on the pivota1 connections of the extension-pieces of the legs 13 and G, the head-board F swinging on its pivotal connections, as described, and the legs B O, and those of the head-board, are brought into their proper positions by the brace-rods G G, said parts assuming the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 when the bedstead is opened, and when closed are in the positions shown in Fig. 4. As the bedstead is opened or closed the extension-pieces of the legs B are caused to come to the forward ends of slots a or the ends thereof nearest to the foot-board; hence the upper parts of the ornamental colums H H (of which the legs B form the'lower part) on the front or bottom of section A are hinged at h h to said section A, so that as said extension-pieces move to come in contact therewith said parts of the columns H H will be automatically swung on hinges 1th, and offer no obstruction to the full unfolding of the bedstead. Such swinging of the pieces H H is shown at main Figs. 1, 2, and 5. When the bedstead is closed said pieces are restored to their normal position and conceal from view the slots a a in the section A.

It will be noticed that the metallic leg-extensions b have their movement in the slots a 0. which are formed in the bottoms of the sections A A, as shown, the legs Band C proper moving and lying wholly beneath said bottoms. The effect of such construction is that the squared 'upper edges or ends, 6 c of said legs are always in position when the bed is opened, to allow said bottoms to rest directly upon the ends b 0 and permit the legs B and 0 to receive the whole Weight of the bed thereon, thereby relieving the pivotal attachments of the extensions 1) b of all such weight, and subjecting them to no strain when the bed is opened. Consequently said parts are not exposed to undue wear, and last as long as the bed-frame continues to hold '[O-- gether.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. Ina folding cabinet-bedstead, the combination of folding sections A A, having side rails, a, of the movable head-board I provided with side brackets or wings, ff, and pivots f f, said brackets or wings being extended beyond the lower edge of the head-board, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cabinet folding bedstead, the combinationfwith the section A, having side piece, a, and slot a and leg B, having extension I), and the pivot b, of the section A, having side piece, a, groove D, and slot M, the leg 0 having extension I), roller 0, rod 0 and pivots e e, and braces G G, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of sections A A, provided with legs B 0, having squared upper ends, 11 c and extension-pieces b I), respectively, each one of said extension-pieces passing through and moving in the slots a a in the bottoms of said sections, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cabinet folding bedstead, the combination of the following elements, viz a bedframe composed of hinged sections A A, a head-board provided with wings or brackets pivoted to the side rails, a, of one of said sections, and having its wings extended beyond the lower edge of the head board, slots a a formed in the bottoms of the sections A A,

through which pass extension-pieces attached to the legs B and (J, said extension-pieces being constructed substantially as shown and described, and moving in said slots as the bed is opened or closed, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of May, 1880.

DAVID D. SHUPE.

Witnesses E. S. HARLAN, WILLIAM MCELROY.

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